Paratopia Special: Lee Townsend - One Dark Night
Picking up where we left off in the Deb Kauble Uncensored episode afterchat, Lee Townsend talks about facing his fears in the dark.

Picking up where we left off in the Deb Kauble Uncensored episode afterchat, Lee Townsend talks about facing his fears in the dark.
A listener asks why we creatively envision new ways to be human. Naturally, host Jeremy Vaeni begins to answer with another question: What is free will? This is one of the more fascinating deep dives into what motivates us you will ever hear.
Deb Kauble, better known by her pseudonym, Kathie Davis, in Budd Hopkins's book, Intruders, was the first woman to ever claim aliens stole her unborn baby. The problem is, she never said that. In arguably our most important episode since Emma Woods, Deb pulls no punches setting the record straight. This leads to a fantastic after chat with special guest host, Lee Townsend.
Sometimes ya need a break from the deep stuff. Keeping it light, host Jeremy Vaeni talks about some of the dumbest things he's ever done on purpose and why. Then, he takes a call and the show takes a turn.
Author Whitley Strieber returns to talk in detail about his alien abduction hypnosis sessions and prescribe some possibilities for really investigating abductees as has never been done before.
From how much my alien-lovin' audience sucks to sucking the Dalai Lama's tongue; from time travelers to timelessness, this one really does have everything in under 50 minutes, it's not just clickbait. Oh, and what happens after we die. That old chestnut.
Dr. Jacques Vallee taught us how to think outside the box even with an outside the box subject like UFOs. With his new book, Wonders In The Sky, he does it again. In this interview with the man himself, Paratopia follows suit. Stepping outside the box of podcasting, The Jeff and The Jer bring Wonders In The Sky to life through readings by voices in and out of ufology eager to welcome Dr. Vallee back!
Why do we allow pundits and politicians to frame subjects that are important to us all as just politics?
The Jeff and The Jer have a frank discussion with experiencer Kim Carlsberg about her alleged alien and military abductions and her new coffee table book of abductee artwork, The Art of Close Encounters. Then, Jeremy asks listeners for any information regarding a strange flying creature he saw in Gettysburg, PA over the weekend.
Drawing from a recent interview host Jeremy Vaeni did with Pronaos author, Greg Kaminsky, for Dreamland, Jeremy asks if being a good person is the skeleton key to all worlds. What does that means? Why does it take a half hour to explain? The answers are but a click away! Jeremy's books are also but a click away. Please check out his Amazon author page and ignore the fact that someone is selling the paperback version of Urgency. for 56 bucks. (It's really only $15.95). https://www.amazon.com/stor...
Carl Feindt is a ufologist who has narrowed his focus of study to UFO encounters located in or around water. In this episode, we explore the depths of a number of UFO/USO cases and Carl shares his discoveries of a field around the craft and what he believes is its propulsion system. But first, we introduce a new and unarguably damning Emma Woods/David Jacobs hypnosis tape that may just horrify you on Halloween.
Why do I exist, asks a listener. And you'd think tackling that would be enough but, no. Oh, no. Let's talk about the problem of ufology answering the unknowable. All that and random clicking sounds from my IPad on this week's show!
The Jeff and The Jer riff on, amongst other things, an exchange Jeff had with Jerome Clark recently, as well as the forthcoming Jacques Vallee book, Wonders In The Sky. In honor of Jacques' return to form, we dismantle the extraterrestrial hypothesis and dare to ask whose work better represents to the mainstream media a portrait of the UFO situation: Jacques Vallee or Lesley Kean and Rich Dolan?
Not just a clickbait title, this one dives beneath the surface of alien abduction stories to plumb some actual wisdom. Whodda thunk that existed? It does! Give a listen!
Listener Jon Spring gives us a comprehensive overview of mainstream and fringe theories of consciousness and applies them to the paranormal. Then, The Jeff and The Jer explore consciousness in their own way, ending in Jeff's latest highly strange experience.
In this jam-packed episode we expose some of the myths surrounding kundalini. We also talk about the recent Mauna Loa eruption, how Hawaiians handle the possibility of being bowled over by lava, and get back into kundalini when a guest calls in to the show!
David Rountree returns to talk about his book, Paranormal Technology. The conversation takes an unexpected turn into ufological territory. Then, The Jeff & The Jer unveil some of their new plans for Paratopia which, back then, caused quite a stir and a backlash because they dared to put forth premium content for a fee when every knew podcasts should always be free. My, how the times have changed.
Aaaaand we'll get to the title question, but let's take the scenic route through Hawaiian ducks, pigs, and former friends going nuts. It will all tie together in the end. Promise.
Jeff Ritzmann interviews his old research partner, whom we have heard so much about, Lee Townsend. This is an absolutely fascinating conversation and confirmation of some of the shared experiences Jeff has talked about involving Lee. More than that, it's a conversation about Whitley Strieber's proposition that alien abduction phenomena might be what the face of evolution looks like to us. Lee is that rare breed of person who gets it. Not only that, he articulates the depth of Mystery so well tha...
First, we talk about the good and the bad of social media. Then we talk about bullying. But we don't talk about them in a normal way--Oh, no, no. As you'd expect, we give them the Our Undoing treatment!
ECETI Ranch owner James Gilliland joins us to tell us all about his experiences on his land where the veil between worlds is thinned.
A combination of 2 short episodes recorded as Mauna Loa was erupting last year gets personal.
ROAD TRIP!!! A road trip extravaganza that explores the real Incident At Exeter: the confrontation between Tim Binnall and comedian John Flynn also provides The Jer with a new comic revelation: New England MUFON Director Steve Firmani.
We start off talking about the art of listening, the nature of the self, and then... a guest pops in and the conversation takes a complete left turn to out of body experiences. Anything can happen on Wise Ask!
The Jeff & The Jer use The Jer's latest weird experience as a springboard to launch into a conversation about the significance of nosebleeds in abductions, wormholes, feedback loops, and a whole lot more.
We pick up where we left off last episode and dive head-first into the I AM awakening, what it is, what it isn't, and what it means.
It begins with iron implants. It ends with Iron Maiden.... Wes Owsley makes a special appearance to kick off the show with an intriguing medical finding that may explain the alien implants plucked from the legs and feet of alleged abductees that are allegedly comprised of an unknown iron. The Jeff and The Jer use this as the springboard to dive into a broad deconstruction of various nuts-and-bolts (heavy on the nuts) topics in this variety-pack episode.
Part one of two introductory episodes to the new Jeremy Vaeni interactive live show, Wise Ask, found on the Wisdom App. This episode is a thumbnail of his experiences that lead to the I AM awakening.
Jeff Ritzmann's first solo episode challenges the fallacy of ufological beliefs from government cover-up to religiously defensive stances taken on message boards. This one's sure to get you talking on ours. Let's hope it's not his last solo effort, but the first of many!
Podcasting all-stars Angelia Joiner, Stacy Lowery, Tim Binnall, Deb Kauble, and Jeff Ritzmann join Jeremy to answer the twofold question: Why do we listen to other people as a hobby, and how has it changed us?